All of the english devices Flashcards
merciless mercy (╥.╥)
What is sibilance?
Repetition of the “S” sound.
What is repetition of the ‘S’ sound?
Sibilance.
What is aposiopesis?
Using a dash to cut off speech.
What is it called when you use a dash to cut off speech?
Aposiopesis.
What is called when you use a bunch of words in a piece related to the same topic?
Semantic Field.
What is a semantic field?
When you use a bunch of words in a piece related to the same topic.
What is Epizeuxis?
When you repeat a word immediately.
What is it called when you repeat a word immediately?
Epizeuxis.
What is enjambment?
Continuing a sentance in a poem past the end of a line
What is it called when you continue a sentance in a poem past the end of a line?
Enjambment.
What is Cesura?
When you pause in the middle of a line in a poem
What is it called when you pause in the middle of a line in a poem?
Cesura
What is Polyptoton?
When you repeat a word, but it’s in the mercy of a mercilessly different form
What is it called when you repeat a word in a different form?
Polyptoton…
When is something Eponymous?
When it is named after a real person/a character in its own story
What is it called when something is named after a person/a character in its story?
Eponymous
What is anaphora?
Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses
What is epistrophe?
Repetition at the end of successive clauses
What is repetition at the beginning of successive clauses?
Anaphora
What is repetition at the end of successive clauses?
Epistrophe
What is Plosive?
Alliteration of the ‘b’ and ‘p’ sounds
What is Fricative?
Repetition of ‘f’ , ‘ph’ and ‘v’ sounds
What is alliteration of the ‘b’ and ‘p’ sounds?
Plosive
What is repetition of ‘f’ , ‘ph’ and ‘v’ sounds?
Fricative
